They've got mail (Week 7)
"Please Mr. Postman, look and see. Is there a letter in your bag for me?" The thrill of getting a letter in your mailbox was well understood by the Marvels when they wrote Please Mr. Postman in 1961. The Beatles loved it so much, they performed it regularly in The Cavern in the early 60s. More than a decade later, the Carpenters turned it into a #1 hit. But enough already with the music history. The point is, in this day of impersonal emails (which include the equally impersonal ecards) and 140-character tweets, people still experience a jolt of joy when they open a mailbox to discover something from a real live person inside. That's the feeling I was going for in my lucky seventh week of Goodness. Since it was Family Day week, I decided on a family-themed course of action. Every day, I would create an entirely fresh postcard using all the digital tools at my disposal, and send a card to a different family member. That would have mail zipping across Canada, and f...